IIMA 007 batch starts web site to bell CAT

Mansi Bhatt, TNNNov 6, 2006, 02.39am IST

AHMEDABAD: IIMA's Bond Batch — as the 2007 PGP is popularly known — is all set for yet another blockbuster show. If a number of IIMA grads from previous batches have chucked lucrative job offers to start their own ventures, a small group of 007 PGP batch is taking it further.

Four students from the second year PGP students have launched their own startup, even before the final placements take place. These four Bonds from the second year PGP batch have come together to start a new venture — a web site to help students bell the CAT. After graduation, the four intend to take the initiative further to venture into new businesses.

The web site has recorded close to one lakh hits in the first four days of its launch. Moreover, it already has over 1,500 registered users.

Retired army major Devashish Chakravarty, 34, IT and research professional Bhushan Dabir, Vineeta Singh, a fresher from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) and an IT professional Vishal Prabhukhanolkar have launched a web site to help IIM aspirants in CAT coaching. The web site www.tenaday.co.in has test papers with 10 questions in three different sections. The aspirants can take a test every day and check their score and also take some tips on how to bell CAT.

"We were discussing the possibility of launching something of our own a few months back. That's when the idea came up," says Dabir. He says the team invested Rs 7,500 for the project. "As students, we have restrictions on starting our own business. We plan to launch a new venture as soon as we pass out. The web site is just a beginning," he says.

Students are taking help from faculty members and fellow students on studying different markets for their proposed venture. "We are in the process of evaluating different sectors. We will soon finalise our plans," Dabir adds.